He
had his personal best season during the 1990/91 season when he kept a clean
sheet in the League from November to March.

He
broke the Spanish First Division record as well as Dino Zoff’s record set in
1972-74 for the Italian national team.

He
earned his only two caps during this season in Luis Suarez last two matches as
Spain Manager.

In
both matches he replaced Andoni Zubizaretta and both matches were losses: March
27, 1991 (came on at haltime, Spain 2-Hungary 4, 3 goals conceded by Abel) and
April 17, 1991 (came on 84th minute, Spain 0-Romania 2).